Schwarzenegger slammed for sexism in ‘New Apprentice’

To nobody’s surprise, Arnold Schwarzenegger cuts his “New Celebrity Apprentice” contestants by saying: “You’re terminated.” Also not a shock: The show is being hit as sexist.

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast wrote: “It promotes the idea that women are dispensable, that they exist to be ridiculed, that misogyny rules, and that male hubris trumps—heh—any superior, intellectual quality from a female counterpart.”

Moreover: “The women are portrayed as disorganized, defined by indecision and false confidence—the latter of which is probably the most offensive aspect, insinuating that it was foolish for any of the women to think they’d know how to go about pulling off the showcase. (Meanwhile, each and every female celebrity on the cast is a successful entrepreneur of largely beauty and lifestyle-related businesses.)”

“At one point he cajoled the contestants to speak up during boardroom scenes. While keeping quiet had helped people avoid elimination in the past, Schwarzenegger said, ‘that’s not the way I handle things.'”

Here’s how others handled the first episode:

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